cen·o·bite also coen·o·bite (s n  -b t , s n-)n. A member of a convent or other religious community. [Middle English, from Late Latin coenob ta, from coenobium, convent, from Greek koinobion, from koinobios, living in community : koinos, common; see kom in Indo-European roots + bios, life; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]cen o·bitic (-b tk), ceno·biti·cal adj. |
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| Adj. | 1. | cenobitic - of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living eremitic, eremitical - of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living; "eremitic austerities" |
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